Tuesday, May 6, 2014

News Headlines (500) 3 May - 6 May 2014

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► 3 May 2014 : You are starting in a new direction today -- even if it doesn't feel life it. Your initiative is key to your success, so even if you don't feel like doing anything, force yourself to get out there. The heavens are chock full of unpredictable energies at the moment, which is right up your alley. Does this mean you'll be inspired to be even more impulsive, eager and enthusiastic than you usually are? This could make it a bit tough for you to concentrate. Better give it a shot, though. The powers that be are watching. Closely.

► 4 May 2014 : You can get a lot done even if your energy levels are low. You may find that you need to motivate yourself with lots of little rewards or just drink enough coffee to shake up a moose. Better tidy up and make sure everything at your place is exactly where you want it and how you want it. By the end of today -- and it's going to be a busy one -- you'll have some company you weren't expecting. Don't even bother trying to guess who it might be. That would take all the fun out of it. Instead, just enjoy it. Oh, and don't feel like you can't surprise someone yourself. You might call first, though, just to be polite.

► 5 May 2014 : Emotionally, you are at your peak right now. It's a great time to work on old issues that have bothered you in the past and may be holding you back from a brighter future. Do the work! Here you go -- you're off and running. You're busy, happy to be so and ready to take on the world. There's just no stopping you. Fortunately, it's the perfect day for you to be in just this mood. Once you're done at work -- which, by the way, probably won't be until late -- don't forget to spend some time with a certain family member who's been trying to get in touch with you for days.

► 6 May 2014 : You need to avoid the friction that is going down today -- otherwise, you may find that your energy is wasted on small-scale conflict. You feel too good to get drawn into silly struggles. You may be on quite a roll right now, but you still need to conserve your energy for the bigger and better things coming down the pike. Don't get too tied to the idea that progress can only be defined by how much you can get done in a specific amount of time. Life is not a race, so slow down. Today, don't take on any new projects -- avoid making any big commitments with your time. You need to stay flexible and deal with what's on your plate.

► ENTERTAINMENT : Rare 'zonkey', zebra-donkey baby, born naturally in Mexico. A zonkey, the offspring of a cross between a zebra and a donkey, named "Khumba" has been bord for the first time in Mexico on 21 April, as a zoo in the nothern state of Tamaulipas reports. He weighed 26 kilograms and measured 70 centimeters at birth. Khumba's mother, a female zebra whose name is "Rayas", lives among exotic animals in the zoo, while his father, a dn albino dwarfed blue-eyed donkey, lives in a nearby farm. Published on Apr 25, 2014 by euronews

► AUTOS & VEHICLES : The dune buggy that can fly. SkyRunner is a dune buggy and a power parachute in one. After almost three years in development, it is on track to hit the market later this year. Published on Jan 31, 2014 by CNNMoney

► GAMING : Official Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare Reveal Trailer. Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare envisions battlegrounds of the future, where both technology and tactics have evolved to usher in a new era of combat for the franchise. Power changes everything on November 4th, 2014. Published on May 1, 2014 by CALLOFDUTY

► Violence boils in Ukraine - By Maria Tsvetkova
SLAVIANSK, Ukraine - Dozens of people were killed in a fire and others were shot dead when fighting between pro- and anti-Russian groups broke out on the streets of Odessa |Video

► SCIENCE : Jupiter moon may have 'club sandwich' oceans - By Will Dunham
WASHINGTON - Scientists said on Friday that Jupiter's moon Ganymede may possess ice and liquid oceans stacked up in several layers. They added that this arrangement may raise the chances that this distant icy world harbors life.

► Dozens killed in Ukraine riot - By Miran Jelenek and Maria Tsvetkova
ODESSA/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine - At least 42 people were killed in a street battle between supporters and opponents of Russia in southern Ukraine that ended with dozens of pro-Russian protesters incinerated in a burning building, bringing the country closer to war. |Video

► Meet the mermaids of Weeki Wachee. Weeki Wachee Springs State Park in Florida has been the home to underwater performances, now known as mermaid shows, since it was opened by former US Navy frogman Newton Perry as a road side attraction in 1947.

► Artist Steven Cohen convicted for rooster-penis dance. A Paris court finds South African performance artist Steven Cohen guilty of sexual exhibitionism after a performance in Paris that saw him dance with a rooster tied to his penis. AFPTV met with Cohen just before the verdict.

■ "He who urinates in a stream must remember his family drinks from the water" - Sent by Mawien Maring, South Sudan
■ "When a man is stung by a bee, he does not destroy all beehives" - Sent by Opi Jalinga Kaiser, Kampala, Uganda, and Kenrod Chisonga, Lusaka, Zambia

The governor of the Badakhshan province, Shah Waliullah, has said there is no hope for more than 2,000 people still buried under the rubble. An Afghan villager cries as she sits on top of a mud field at the scene in Argo district of Badakhshan province.

■ Ukraine troops storm east Slavyansk with helicopters, APCs. The Ukrainian army has reportedly begun a special operation against pro-autonomy activists in the eastern town of Slavyansk. The city is now blockaded by the Ukrainian military, with 20 helicopters deployed to crack down on self-defense forces.

■ Friend to Foe?NATO's Deputy Head classifies Russia as enemy over Ukrainian crisis. From now on, NATO will view Russia as an enemy, not a partner - the bloc's Deputy Head has reportedly told journalists. He said more troops could be sent to the region to counter what the Alliance sees as Russian aggression in Ukraine. RT's Gayane Chichakyan has more.

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■ South-East Ukraine: Crisis Diary (Unique Documentary Shot by Ordinary People). While Crimea has already had a referendum, the situation in other Ukrainian regions is still unstable. People want their voices to be heard and are demanding a vote. RT managed to get footage from people living in various cities in southeastern Ukraine. Many of the videos and interviews you will see in this film have never been shown on television.

■ Fighter jets, helicopters fly over Moscow for Victory Day rehearsal. An array of military aircraft flew over Moscow's iconic Red Square on Saturday as part of the first aerial rehearsal for the upcoming Victory Day parade. AN-124 military transport aircraft, Mi-8 military transport helicopters, and Su-24 & Su-34 attack planes swept through the skies at a height of around 656 feet (200 meters).

■ Botched executions in US raise ethical concerns over death penalty. The death penalty debate in the US has been reopened following the botched execution of an Oklahoma inmate. It takes an average 6 minutes for a prisoner to die after they receive a lethal injection. With Clayton Lockett however, it took 7 times as long, he died in agony 43 minutes after being administered the drugs.

■ One Day with President: 24 hrs with Bolivia's Evo Morales (RT Documentary). Have you ever imagined the life of a president? The only way to understand it is to live every minute with him as closely as possible. Today RT gives you this unique opportunity: living one day with a president. Lawyer and author Eva Golinger is the presenter of the program 'One day with ... '. In the first episode she takes us into the life of Bolivian President Evo Morales, showing us his daily struggles, his dreams and the real Evo that we don't yet know.

A Buginese man holds a hammer as he starts to work to install a wooden block in the hull of a phinisi in Bulukumba, Indonesia. A phinisi, a masterpiece of traditional Bugis-Makassar design, is a traditional wooden two-masted sailing ship, well-known as traditional sea transportation among the Buginese people for many centuries. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Agung Parameswara / Getty Images

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"Thank you for your perception! I like your romantic side, even if I do not always comment and I'm glad that you're in my circle of friends."(Courtesies by: Wolfgang A. Gerhardt)

Wolfgang A.Gerhardt : May be you like this Sunday collage

Cisca Zarmansyah : Before today, there never was a person doing this to me. You create a simple matter to look special. This is a special thing for me.

Cisca Zarmansyah : Thank you. I love it. I love you, my friend. ♥

CieL- FreYa Ceastle : Hmm, he's so nice...

"I am me.
In all the world,
there is no one else exactly like me.
Everything that comes out of me
is authentically mine,
because I alone chose it --
I own everything about me:
my body,
my feelings,
my mouth,
my voice,
all my actions,
whether they be to others or myself.
I own my fantasies,
my dreams,
my hopes,
my fears.
I own my triumphs and successes,
all my failures and mistakes.
Because I own all of me,
I can become intimately acquainted with me.
By so doing,
I can love me
and be friendly with all my parts.
I know there are aspects about myself that puzzle me,
and other aspects that I do not know
-- but as long as I am friendly
and loving to myself,
I can courageously and hopefully
look for solutions
to the puzzles and ways
to find out more about me.
However I look and sound,
whatever I say and do,
and whatever I think and feel at a given moment in time
is authentically me.
If later some parts of how I looked,
sounded,
thought,
and felt
turn out to be unfitting,
I can discard that which is unfitting,
keep the rest,
and invent something new
for that which I discarded.
I can see,
hear,
feel,
think,
say, and do.
I have the tools to survive,
to be close to others,
to be productive,
and to make sense
and order out of the world of people
and things outside of me.
I own me,
and therefore,
I can engineer me.
I am me,
and I am okay."

VIRGINIA SATIR
(American Phychologist and Educator, 1916-1988)

About Me

"When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent. I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent. I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out. I was not a trade unionist. When they came for the Jews, I remained silent. I wasn't a Jew. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out." - Martin Niemöller